“America’s NOAA National Weather Service: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and A Way of Life”“America’s NOAA National Weather Service: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and A Way of Life”

Water Resources Vision 2020Water Resources Vision 2020

Deliver a broader suite of improved water services to support management of the Nation’s Water Supply

• RFCs will produce gridded forecasts of stream flow, soil moisture/temperature, snow water equivalent, water temperature/salinity, etc.

• Expand role of the WFOs to help local decision makers use enhanced water forecasts, and function as decision-support experts for high-impact flood, drought, and water quality events

IWRSS “summit-to-sea” high-resolution water resources information and forecasts

Snowpack

Precipitation

Soil Moisture, Runoff

Evapotranspiration

Groundwater

River flow

Surface Storage

Water Quality

Others

Local Information

Watershed – to – National Information

“America’s NOAA National Weather Service: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and A Way of Life”“America’s NOAA National Weather Service: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and A Way of Life”

Integrated Water Resources Science and Services Integrated Water Resources Science and Services

USGSUSGSUSGSUSGS

USACEUSACEUSACEUSACE NOAANOAA NOAANOAA

• NOAA is leading the multi-agency IWRSS consortium to:

–Streamline access to Federal water resource capabilities

–Share technology, information, models, best practices

–Develop interoperable tools

–Create a Common Operating Picture

Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS)

Programmatic Framework Value Propositions Design and Implementation

Human Dimensions Technical: Information

Services Operational Science

National Center Regional Support Demonstrations

Roles and Interactions Authorities Objectives and Goals Governance

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Improved Information

and Services

IWRSS will support next-generation adaptive water-

related planning, preparedness and response activities

Establishing and maintaining a strong participatory process for building the social capital necessary for success

Implementing sound IT engineering practices to promote the coordination and integration of interagency activities to achieve common goals

Apply physical and social science strategies to deliver an information system that is responsive to the needs of stakeholders

Integrated Water Resources Science and Services

Three Cross-cutting Themes

Historical Water Budget Analyses (USGS Water Census)

New Science and

Technology

National Water Resources Nowcasts and Forecasts

Federal Water Resources Information Systems

NIDIS Drought Early Warning System

State/Local Water Resources Management Systems

Public and Private Sectors

• New water resources Information• Analyses and Forecasts• Weather and Climate Forecast Scales• Integrated with Coastal Environment• Regional Coordination• Uncertainty Estimates

DATAWeather and Climate

Forcings

DATAWater Cycle

Observing Systems

DATAUSACE Corps Water Management System

“National Water Center”

Coordinated National/Regional Workflow and Operations

Straw IWRSS Operating ConceptStraw IWRSS Operating Concept

KeyKey

USGSUSGS

USACEUSACE

NOAANOAA

Common Operating Picture

Common Digital Database (Federal Tool Box)

NOAANOAA USGSUSGS USACEUSACE FEMAFEMA USDAUSDA OTHERSOTHERS

IWRSS Governance StructureExecutive Steering Committee

Consortium Senior Leadership

Design and Management TeamInteragency Chiefs, Program Leads

Cross-cutting Theme Team

Human DimensionsStakeholder

Interactions

Cross-cutting Theme Team

TechnicalInformation

Services

Cross-cutting Theme Team

ScienceObservation, Modeling,

and Prediction

Technical

Working Groups

Demonstration

Working Groups

Federal Advisory Committee for

Water Information

(ACWI)

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– Operations Center

– Situation Rooms

– High-performance Computing Facility

– Geo-Intelligence Laboratory

– Software Engineering Studio

– Information Technology Laboratory

– Distance Learning Classroom and Auditorium

– Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS) Systems Proving Ground

– Administrative Offices

Functional Elements

National Water Center Design

10 Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS) themes

have been identified for web portal, data products and services.

Service Sectors

Hazards 1: Floods, Debris Flows, Storm Surge

Hazards 2: Drought

Agriculture

Climate

Weather

Water Supply

Transportation

Energy

Ecosystems

Water Quality/Human Health

National Water Center

New Capabilities

Operations, Support, R&D

Improved River Forecasts, andHigh-Resolution Analyses and Forecasts

Regional Liaisons

Dynamic Flood Inundation Mapping

Snow/Soil Moisture data acquisition and satellite data processing

Common Operating Picture andMulti-Agency System Interoperability

National Portal and Archive (Fed Tool Box)

Computational Backup for Field Offices

Proving Ground forResearch to Operations